Zika 201—The CDC Report

This is the paper the CDC is using to claim that Zika causes birth defects. It has been cited as proof in The New York Times. It has been cited as proof in The Washington Post. It has been cited as proof in thousands of other news outlets. This paper is being used to allocate hundreds of millions [of dollars] in research. This paper is being used to support accelerated vaccine development. This paper is being used to justify carpet-bombing southern Florida with pesticides. It is being used to rationalize the release of genetically modified mosquitoes. It was published in The New England Journal of Medicine as a “Special Report.”